The Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA) was established in the 1960s, bringing together over 3,400 pediatricians nationwide to enhance the health and well-being of children. PPA’s mission includes advancing pediatricians’ academic and social development and protecting children from abuse and neglect.
Among its various bodies, the Child Rights Group (CRG), founded in 1989 following the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, comprises around 200 pediatricians actively working to safeguard children from various forms of violence. Independent members of CRG established three provincial non-governmental organizations:
Contact: Dr. Tufail Muhammad
Phone: +92 91 5814176
Address: House 16, Street 13, K-3, Phase 3, Hyatabad, Peshawar
Email: tufailm@brain.net.pk
Website: http://www.ppa.org.pk
According to the latest available estimates, there are 77,779,000 children in Pakistan, more than one third of the country’s population.
Reportedly, boys are particularly affected by trafficking and prostitution especially near accommodation and travel facilities.
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
Year: 2011
Not Yet Assessed
Partial
Active extraterritoriality is provided for all crimes in general and extends to offences using ICT’s if the act affects a person, property, information system or data located in Pakistan. It is unclear whether double criminality applies to extraterritoriality.
Extradition only applies to some SEC-related offences (trafficking, rape, stealing/abandoning/exposing/unlawfully detaining a child) and requires double criminality.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
No
There are no mandatory legal provisions for criminal background checks nor legislation prohibiting convicted sex offenders to hold positions involving or facilitating contact with children.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020
Partial
Pakistan has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention no. 182.
Pakistan has not ratified the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
Not Yet Assessed
No
There are no child protection standards for the travel and tourism industry in place.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
